bilberry

Meaning

  1. Vaccinium myrtillus, the wild European blueberry of the cowberry family.
  2. The shrub of the above-mentioned plant.

Synonyms

European blueberry

mountain blue berry

thin-leaved bilberry

Viccinium membranaceum

Viccinium myrtillus

myrtle blueberry

myrtle whortleberry

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈbɪlb(ə)ɹɪ/
Etymology

Probably of North Germanic origin (Danish bøllebær), from Old Norse bolli (Proto-Germanic *bullǭ) + ber.

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